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"Otones 8-16" refers to a scale generated by taking the 8th through 16th overtone over some fundamental. Dante Rosati calls this the "Diatonic Harmonic Series Scale" and Denny Genovese calls this "Mode 8 of the Harmonic Series". It may be treated as octave-repeating, or not. The frequency ratio between the steps of the scale can be represented as 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:15:16. Note that 16, being a doubling of 8, is an octave above the first tone.

Otones 8-16 contains eight tones in the octave and eight different step sizes. The steps get smaller as the scale ascends:

harmonic
ratio from 1/1
ratio in between ("step")
names
cents value, scale member
cents value, step
8
1/1

unison, perfect prime
0.00



9:8
large whole step; Pythagorean whole step; major whole tone

203.91
9
9/8

large whole step; Pythagorean whole step; major whole tone
203.91



10:9
small whole step; 5-limit whole step; minor whole tone

182.40
10
5/4

5-limit major third
386.31



11:10
large undecimal neutral second, 4/5-tone, Ptolemy's second

165.00
11
11/8

undecimal semi-augmented fourth
551.32



12:11
small undecimal neutral second, 3/4-tone

150.64
12
3/2

just perfect fifth
701.955



13:12
large tridecimal neutral second, tridecimal 2/3 tone

138.57
13
13/8

tridecimal neutral sixth
840.53



14:13
small tridecimal neutral second; lesser tridecimal 2/3 tone

128.30
14
7/4

harmonic seventh
968.83



15:14
septimal minor second; major diatonic semitone

119.44
15
15/8

5-limit major seventh; classic major seventh
1088.27



16:15
5-limit minor second; classic minor second; minor diatonic semitone

111.73
16
2/1

perfect octave
1200.00


Compositions:

Paracelsus for Diatonic Harmonic Guitar by Dante Rosati
No Snow for Diatonic Harmonic Guitar by Dante Rosati